Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Saturday 7 August 2010
According to the Home Office this week, Sarah’s law – where any parent can find out if any adult in contact with their child has a record of violent or sexual crimes – has “already protected more than 60 children from abuse during its pilot“. This fact was widely reported and was the headline finding. As the Sun said: “More than 60 sickening offences were halted by Sarah’s Law during its trial”. Read the rest of this entry »
I met the lovely Conrad Quilty-Harper (true) in a toilet recently. He made a video of our encounter and posted it on the internet. I’ve embedded this below for your amusement and edification: I hope you find it stimulating.
Ben Goldacre of Bad Science talks about Sensationalised Science Reporting from Conrad on Vimeo.
There are various bits of audio and video about on the site, for example this in a toilet:
Ben Goldacre of Bad Science talks about Sensationalised Science Reporting from Conrad on Vimeo.
lots of radio shows here:
www.badscience.net/category/podcast/
especially my radio documentary mini-series on diet quacks:
and the placebo effect:
an mp3 of a lecture here:
a video of a debate here:
a bit of tv there:
and lots more bits of radio and tv scattered about in this category heading:
www.badscience.net/category/podcast/
and this:
